The study, published Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports, finds the oil spill caused widespread erosion in the salt marshes along the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

Before Hurricane Ike struck, only large storms, such as tropical depressions, caused Gulf water to intrude into the freshwater and partially salty marshes along the Jefferson County coast.

Some industry-sponsored scientists have theorized that the increased erosion of Louisiana marshes following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill didn't stem from the spill itself.

Louisiana’s salt marshes play a critical ecological roles, acting as storm buffers and breeding grounds that underpin the entire Gulf seafood industry. But they have been in trouble for a looooong ...

Rising sea level, global warming in Mississippi & LA threatens to destroy Coast marshes, in cities like Bay St. Louis & Biloxi where seafood economy thrives.

As deep-sea oil kills off Gulf Coast wetlands, it could disastrously expose buried coastal pipelines and other energy infrastructure.

"Marshes that experienced elevated erosion due to high levels of oiling didn't recover; they're now gone, having been converted to mudflats in the shallow underwater environment of the Gulf," said ...

Natural shorelines in areas like the Gulf of Mexico absorb carbon dioxide, blunt the effects of climate change.

The study indicates they were correct. Rapid seafloor erosion could destabilize the web of pipelines off the coast, increasing the likelihood of ruptures and spills into the Gulf.

Six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill devastated the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are still taking stock of the damage it caused. And increasingly, they’re reporting that ...

Rising sea level, global warming in Mississippi & LA threatens to destroy Coast marshes, in cities like Bay St. Louis & Biloxi where seafood economy thrives.